Management of Organisational Climate to Enhance Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State

Abstract:  

This study was on Management of Organizational Climate to enhance Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The study was guided by three specific purposes, three research questions and three hypotheses. Literature related to the study was reviewed. The descriptive survey design was  adopted for the study. The population of the study was four thousand five hundred and eighty-five (4585) principals and teachers. This comprised two hundred and twenty–five (225) principals and four thousandthree hundred and sixty (4360) teachers. A structured questionnaire containing 35- items was used for data collection. A purposive random sampling technique was adopted in the selection of one hundred and thirty (130) principals and (650) teachers in public senior secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire.  Data collected were analyzed using mean (X) and with standard deviation (SD) to answer the research questions and t-test statistics to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of the data indicated that the principals’ leadership styles, principals’ management of staff welfare, principals’ management of school physical facilities  among others enhanced teachers’ job satisfaction. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that principals should regularly attend workshops, seminars and conferences organized by the ministry of education in Ebonyi State in order to improve their leadership skills. Secondary schools should be adequately supplied with current teaching or instructional materials and basic physical facilities by the school proprietors in order to promote the job satisfaction of the teachers among others. The stakeholders, the Government, principals and the entire society have to ensure that teachers are properly motivated to be able to deliver effectively in the system. This will help to improve quality teaching and learning which in turn will lead to the promotion of the academic achievement of the students and improve teachers’ productivity and enhance job satisfaction in the education industry. Ministry of education of Ebonyi State should constantly organize workshops and seminars for the principals on the application of appropriate leadership styles, effective management of staff welfare, school physical facilities and school environment to enhance teachers’ job satisfaction in secondary schools such seminars should be made compulsory for all principals.